Racial Justice

At ECLC’s Annual Meeting on February 5, 2017, the congregation made a commitment toward racial justice and approved the following statement:

ECLC Racial Justice StatementRacial injustice continues to thrive in our country and communities. Our Christian response is to walk in solidarity with people of color, because standing silent sanctions continued violence. We recognize that those who are white are intertwined in a network of unearned privilege. We, as a congregation, are compelled to advocate for racial justice. We invite other congregations to join together in expressing their commitments to live out our shared faith—active in love—in the struggle for equity and justice.

2018 RACIAL JUSTICE Fall FORUM SERIES

September 30Black and Blue: Exploring the Tension between Communities of Color and Law EnforcementJason Sole, past President of Minneapolis NAACP, Educator, and Author of From Prison to Phd: Memoir of Hope, Resilience, and Second ChancesPaul Schnell, Chief of Police, Inver Grove Heights, Educator, and Mediator.

October 7Reconciliation: The Real Work of Racial JusticePastor Babette Chatman, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Educator and Trainer.